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Subfamily Cebrioninae

Beetle - Octinodes schaumi - male BG2440 E7279 - Scaptolenus Elateroidea? - Selonodon speratus Selonodon, but which one? - Selonodon mandibularis - male Selonodon sp? - Selonodon floridensis - male Sonora2 J22 - Euthysanius - male Sonora2 J24 - Aplastus Beetle from UV trap - Selonodon
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Cebrioninae
Explanation of Names
Cebrioninae Latreille 1802
Numbers
>65 spp. in 5 genera of 2 tribes in our area(1)
Size
13-25 mm
Identification
Mandibles and pronotum distinctive: Mandibles prominent, strongly curved, with pointed tips. Hind angles of pronotum distinctly elongate. Head prognatuous. Antenna 11-segmented, more or less sawtoothed.(2)
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